Posted on 08/29/2017 6:22:36 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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President Donald Trump triggered an avalanche of criticism for his handling of the deadly violence by far-right white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia, earlier in August.
Demonstrator Heather Heyer was killed when a car plowed through a march in protest of the “Unite the Right” nationalist gathering in Charlottesville. The vehicle was allegedly driven by James Alex Fields Jr., who is now being charged with second-degree murder and is the subject of an FBI civil rights investigation.
Trump received political blowback for not calling out white supremacy by name immediately after the incident. Trump also received criticism for saying there was violence on “many sides” during the incident. In the preceding days after the initial demonstrations, Trump has condemned violence on both the right and the left directly, calling out “white nationalists” in a statement and the far-left extremist group “antifa” at a rally in Phoenix.
Antifa, which stands for “anti-fascist,” is a group that is prone to use violent fascist tactics for its political ends. Antifa has a long-recorded and established history of violence against police and private citizens. In the wake of Charlottesville, dozens of far-left protesters have been arrested for violent behavior. Sunday afternoon, antifa marched on UC Berkeley's campus in response to a prayer rally. The group beat conservative demonstrators, assaulted reporters and fought police....
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Was Heather Heyer the female protester who jumped on the trunk of the backing Dodge Challenger? Some female protester appeared to be caught in a squeeze with the Dodge Challenger and a parked car.
“I wish I could find that story”
Here’s a link I saved (posted by Freeper RacerX1128 a few days ago).. with some info on McAuliffe’s criminal activities:
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/11/terry-mcauliffe-governor-virginia/
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